Update on my non reptile babies

[Shann]

Hi everyone! It's been a few years since I was active on this forum, but I've kind of been drawn back. I'm not sure who all is around who I would remember or might remember me, but I figured I would do a little update! A little over a year ago, I got married, moved into a new apartment, and when that lease ended we bought a house. So life has just gotten in the way of me being too active online.

Some of you may know that I keep ferrets. Sadly, Gadget, my silver mitt, passed away from cancer about a year ago. We still have Sonic, our sable blaze, but she's five, so we have opted to not get any others for the time being . She's doing well on her own though.

September of last year we went decided to go get ONE cat, and ended up adopting these two.


The Tortoiseshell is Leeloo.

She somehow ended up in a high kill shelter as a very young kitten, but a local rescue pulled her and I found her at an adoption event. She has a funny backwards tail, plays fetch, won't stay off of shoulders, and sounds like she's smoked a pack a day for her entire life. She's currently two years old and is the weirdest cat I've ever had. She loves everyone, and we take her with us wherever we can on her leash.

The flame-point siamese is Marlon.


He was found living on the streets at about two or three years old. He was matted, emaciated, sick, frostbitten, and had a broken jaw with an infected tooth. He ended up in a different high kill shelter, where he was marked to be put to sleep due to his injuries. Thankfully this same rescue pulled him, and treated him. He ended up losing his tooth, and ate like he had never seen food in his life. He ended up weighing 19 lbs, but with a good diet and lots of excercise we've gotten him down to a much healthier weight. He still begs like he is starving though.

I ended up being so grateful to this rescue for what they've done with cats that I now volunteer there for a good portion of my free time. I love working with the cats and seeing them find good homes.

And then a few months ago we adopted Midna from Animal Humane New Mexico.

(This first picture isn't my picture, it's from the adoption site)



She was found on the reservation, with two siblings and her mom, all emaciated. She was brought to a high kill shelter. I don't know what happened to the mom, but the puppies were all pulled at two and a half weeks old. They ended up in a foster home, and at seven weeks we adopted her. Animal Humane listed them as Australian Shepherd, and one of her siblings looks exactly like one. But honestly we have no idea what she is. She's a fantastic dog, and has been super trainable, but I think the separation from her mother at such a young age has caused some slight issues. She is very afraid of other people and other dogs. We've been socializing her as much as possible, going to training classes and puppy playtimes, but she takes a long time to warm up to people. She's getting better with more exposure but our trainer thinks she may always be a little stand offish. As I said, once she warms up she does great. She's about four and a half months old now, and I couldn't ask for a better dog.

So those are my newest animals. Still just the one snake though. Maybe that will change now that we have a house and don't have to deal with awful landlords. Thanks to those who took the time to read everything!

Just for fun, here's Midna and Leeloo for halloween:

[Reinz]

Wow, those are great stories about your rescues. They are quite fortunate to be in your home and they look great too!

With my two, I'm not sure who rescued whom?



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